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as in to compress
to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together
squeezed the blanket until it fit into the box
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as in to pluck
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
the mob squeezes all the local merchants by threatening violence
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as in squeezing
the act or process of reducing the size or volume of something by or as if by pressing
he gave the plastic bag a squeeze and then folded it up for storage
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as in darling
slang
a person with whom one is in love
she and her main squeeze are spending Valentine's Day at a romantic country inn
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Recent Examples of squeeze
Sareen Habeshian, Axios, 3 Apr. 2025
Factories tend to operate on slim margins already, and demands for price cuts will only squeeze them further.
—Marc Bain and Joan Kennedy, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2025
Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
The decline in affordable properties, coupled with building permits not keeping up with the population growth and rising home prices, is creating a housing squeeze that's sparing no one in the 11-county region.
—Kristal Dixon, Axios, 17 Mar. 2025
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Verb
Go deeper: Tariffs will squeeze manufacturers and jobs may not follow
Emily Peck
Apr 2, 2025 - Business
Tariffs will squeeze manufacturers and jobs may not follow
Tariffs are meant to boost U.S. manufacturing and jobs, but the issue is complicated.
—Sareen Habeshian, Axios, 3 Apr. 2025
Factories tend to operate on slim margins already, and demands for price cuts will only squeeze them further.
—Marc Bain and Joan Kennedy, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
Beyond the financial squeeze, food choices reflect something deeper—what people crave, what feels comforting, and what still feels like a splurge even when budgets are tight.
—Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
The decline in affordable properties, coupled with building permits not keeping up with the population growth and rising home prices, is creating a housing squeeze that's sparing no one in the 11-county region.
—Kristal Dixon, Axios, 17 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for squeeze
Verb
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The other wildcard for Apple is what Europe will do in the form of retaliatory measures for what Trump announced last Wednesday evening that crushed the stock market on Thursday and Friday.—
Matthew J. Belvedere,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2025
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The Atlanta Braves were recently dealt a crushing blow when outfielder Jurickson Profar was suspended for 80 games after testing positive for PEDs.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Apr. 2025
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By eight, when the rabbi arrives to lead the prayers, the living room and kitchen are crammed with people.—
David Bezmozgis,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2025
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Every closet, every cabinet, every drawer and every storage space is crammed with junk.—
Jeanne Phillips,
Mercury News,
3 Apr. 2025
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Vogue may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers.—
Laia Garcia-Furtado,
Vogue,
10 Apr. 2025
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The film was nominated for Best Picture, earning 10 nominations and winning four.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
10 Apr. 2025
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The song is deliberately compressed to sound like a Phil Spector track, and a video John made for the Gilbert O’Sullivan Show in 1973 features a rare cameo from Bernie mimicking Ray Cooper on bells.—
Shana Naomi Krochmal,
Vulture,
4 Apr. 2025
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Many of them focus on radically new technologies for heating and compressing plasmas, or fusing unusual combinations of isotopes.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
1 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Those commercial jobs grew scarce because of the consolidation of ad agencies and the rise of marketing content plucked from social media.—
Steven Kurutz,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Whether picked from your garden or plucked from the farmer’s market, fresh asparagus is one of the surest signs of spring.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Are Puerto Rican filmmakers pushing for this to change?—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2025
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Business schools are mimicking Harvard and Stanford, pushing a VC-centric curriculum instead of teaching unicorn-entrepreneurship—the skills to build billion-dollar businesses without VC.—
Dileep Rao,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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The Yankees — darlings of torpedo-bat makers everywhere — have walloped 22.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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It’s been more than 40 years since Mamet’s crop of caustic salesmen first hit the Broadway stage, becoming both a darling among critics and, seemingly, the dream production of every middle-aged male actor.—
Emlyn Travis,
EW.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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On foreign policy, Booker criticized Trump’s proposals to acquire Greenland and Canada, arguing that such efforts are undermining America’s credibility on the global stage and distracting from more pressing diplomatic and security challenges.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
2 Apr. 2025
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Press Flowers Capture the beauty of spring flowers or the memories of a special bouquet by drying and pressing them.—
Claire Hoppe Norgaard,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Squeeze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squeeze. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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